§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment further to his reply, Official Report, 15th February 1977, column 132, concerning the annual expenditure of £30,000 voted under Class XIV, Vote 1, for the new Government Press Centre, on which Votes the salaries of the staff resident in the centre, the annual rates and rent and the annual telephone and telex charges, respectively, are borne.
§ Mr. MarksThe information is:
FCO Resident Staff Salaries (January-June 1977 only)—Class II Vote 1.
Rates—Class XIV Vote 7.
Rent—Class XIV Vote 1.
505WAnnual telephone and telex rentals etc.—Class XIV Vote 1.
Cost of telephone operators and local calls—Class II Vote 1.
(other calls paid for by users).
§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when the decision to develop the Government Press Centre, in the light of the report of the inter-departmental committee set up to establish the requirements for conference facilities in 1977 was taken; if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MarksThe decision was taken in August 1975, as previously indicated.—[Vol. 925, c. 601.]—It is not usual to publish reports of this nature, but the decision to develop the Government Press Centre was an integral part of the broader decision to make Lancaster House the venue for the major 1977 Conferences—EEC, NATO and Commonwealth Heads of Government.